snagnoun [ C ]
uk/snæɡ/us/snæɡ/snag noun [ C ] (PROBLEM)
informal a problem, difficulty, or disadvantage:
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- hiccup
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
- tie-up
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snag noun [ C ] (DAMAGE)
a tear, hole, or loose thread in a piece of clothing or cloth caused by a sharp or rough object:
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dimple
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- perforation
- pinhole
- pit
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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snag noun [ C ] (FOOD)
Australian English informal for sausage
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Sausages, burgers & stuffings
- baloney
- beefburger
- black pudding
- blood sausage
- boerewors
- corned beef
- croquette
- cutlet
- falafel
- fish finger
- liver sausage
- loaf
- luncheon meat
- meat loaf
- meatball
- sausage
- sausage meat
- Spam
- stuffing
- Vegeburger
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snagverb
uk/snæɡ/us/snæɡ/-gg-snag verb (DAMAGE)
[ T ] If you snag something, it becomes caught on a sharp object and tears:
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Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- break (sth) off
- breakage
- catch
- fall apart
- flake
- fragment
- fragmented
- fray
- frayed
- in ribbons idiom
- knacker
- pull sth apart
- rent
- rip
- shear
- split
- tear sth up
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snag verb (GET)
[ T ] US informal to get or catch something by acting quickly:
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Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- entangle
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- repo man
- seize
- sequester
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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snag verb (PROBLEM)
[ I or T ] mainly US to cause problems or difficulties for someone or something:
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Inconvenience
- a pain (in the neck) idiom
- a pain in the arse/backside idiom
- aggravation
- aggro
- awkward
- bore
- disturbance
- drag
- fuss
- hassle
- have fun and games idiom
- imposition
- inconvenience
- pisser
- put sb out
- put yourself out
- rigmarole
- some
- storm
- tempest
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